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Charlie Poole & the Roots of Country Music

3 CDs, 72 TRACKS – FIRST BOX SET EVER COMPILED ON MUSIC, INFLUENCES, AND FOLLOWERS OF "THE PATRON SAINT OF MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC." HARD-LIVING BANJOIST, SINGER, INNOVATOR DIED 1931 AT …

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"Surrounded by Silence," Prefuse 73

Scott Herrin, a former Atlanta native known as Prefuse 73, changed the face of underground music in 2001 by unleashing the groundbreaking glitch-hop release "Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives." Combining …

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Franz Ferdinand

Reviewed by Herman Snell & Alex Slawson

Franz Ferdinand's self-titled debut album combines 80's New Romanticism (Duran Duran, Simple Minds) with a Pixes indie-dance punk, and Interpol, in perfect proportions. This album is utterly addictive from start …

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It's Just That Serious

Fontaine, self-proclaimed "narrator for the streets," lays down all of his vocals to tracks produced by E (also his manager) and Benz of the Queen Boyz, in a studio inside …

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[New Releases] Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"

— Herman Snell and Alex Slawson

Arctic Monkeys—"Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (Domino 2006) England's Arctic Monkeys set the UK record for the fastest-selling debut album of all time. It's high-energy, hard-drinking, …

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Which Way is Texas, by Eric Stracener

In 1986, I was a junior at Millsaps College and was an impressionable, if enthusiastic, blues neophyte. One night at Hal & Mal's, I saw one of the best blues …

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Damon McMahon "Mansions"

-- Herman Snell

As the frontman of the Pink Floyd/Moody Blues-inspired, NYC-based Inouk, Damon McMahon spent the last few years touring with Modest Mouse, Secret Machines, White Magic and the like. His first …

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"This Past Week" EP, The Radio Dept

Alex Slawson & Herman Snell

Formerly rooted in the Creation label's pop sounds of the 1980's, Sweden's The Radio Dept have made a bit of a transition on their latest EP. Moving further from the …

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[Band In A Box] Buie, Hamman, & Porter

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Debbie Buie (Pisces), vocals; John Hamman (Gemini), guitar, bass, whatever & vocals; Rick Porter (Scorpio), guitar & vocals.

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"Catch the Breeze," Slowdive

Although categorized as "Shoegaze" back in the 90's, Slowdive certainly had more dimension to their sound than just a wall of distorted guitars fronted by a faint voice. They, like …

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"The Way of Curve 1990-2004," Curve

Reviewed by Alex Slawson and Herman Snell

The wonderful world of Curve got its start in 1990, when Toni Halliday (former member of The Uncles) and Dean Garcia (former bassist for The Eurythmics) unleashed the "Blindfold" EP …

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Mississippi Home-Cooked Opry by Lynette Hanson

June 10, 2004—Mix five parts Harmony & Grits with four parts Heavenly Heritage and four parts Pearl Quartet. Blend in two of the Smiths—Wayne and Amanda. Add crowd to taste. …

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Willy Mason /Decemberists in Birmingham & N.O.

RELEASED ON VIRGIN UK FEBRUARY 21 2005, WHERE THE HUMANS EAT, WILLY MASON'S DEBUT, IS ABOUT TO GO GOLD IN ENGLAND. Currently in the Top 40 on the UK's record …

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Crunk Juice Does a Body Good

Download the first single "What You Gon' Do" featuring Lil Scrappy from "Crunk Juice":

What do you get when you mix Hennessy and CRUNK!!! Energy Drink?????...CRUNK JUICE. And the aptly titled new album from Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. Featuring appearances by …

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Mississippi Gospel and Bluegrass Opry

Mississippi Gospel and Bluegrass Opry - Sat., Feb. 12, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Harmony & Grits. Pearl Community Room, next to Pearl City Hall, Old Brandon Rd. $7.50, Kids free. 924-1175. www.msoprygospelbluegrass.com

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Mississippi Opry

Mississippi Gospel and Bluegrass Opry Sat., Aug. 14, Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m. The Born Again Quartet, Murray Stewart & friends, The McCobes, Matt & Laurie Jones, Hardeman Duet, Harmony & …